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Show 399 Appendix and traided fether speair for without a cows beds, and and such articles and artacles of food, etc. overcoats corn the camp had to I had to start out as a pick shovel, ax, etc., to make a road if nessary, road. We had 3 wagons and teams and good men good luck and the camp was wall pleased with our road and took but we soon for help. found We had succes on our a return. other lot of horses, fether beds and such articles as the to had dispose of and went to traid for cattle. I had with me a camp Bro. Chase, J essa Martin, Danial Clark and others, good yong men to help me. They ware good in every sense of the word. On what was called Goshan Ridge, hear I was sucksesful and made sum good traids for the bretherin aspeshely for Brother George A. Smith. I took a mair that he charged me not to bring back to camp. I did not but I brought a I took an thathad taken the 1st prise at the co. fair and had won $100 dollars, on a bet at pulling in hur sted. I traided several other horses for him and he was wall pleased with all. We had a good time, traided off all our stalk and goods and returned with a God bless pair of oxen hundred or one Thus I surved you from the camp. Wall this was' all I was working for. the camp the best I could all the time and when we got to Winter Quarters and all had to hav their flour for the winter several big teams wair fitted to Missouri. Br. Lorenzo Young, Peter Duston, Bro. Hayet and to up sum go others. I also had a team for that purpose. I was behind the other Josef, Mo., that had flour for sail they and thought he had a shur thing. He gave them a paper saying they should have flour at $4.00 pr bbl, and they had' agread to take their teams and met a man from St. and made me the same offer and I told him if I could not do eny better I would by of him. He toldd me ther was no one else that had the flour and I will do as well by you as eny one. I will call on you on them terms. I was on horseback and went ahead and I got there in the morn flour from him. wanted me He came to me to agree to take it. out their stores and I entered a small store stood and there was 2 bbls by the side of the door and I laid my hand is flour worth. He sed he had ben trying what said them and one of on I wanted to sel them for 4 dollars a barel, but he could not git it. If what was that a dollars barel, that, it was all he had. He would take 2 went then I it. for call I mite it let to him told stand, he gave for it. I have into the other store and they met me very cordialy and sed I ges you offerd. Wall you Yes on the turms you come to git your flour of me. 2 dollars and cant git it eny less can you. I have had it offered me for other if you want to let me have it for that I am redy to deal with you, can you git it for that. It Whair best. do can I whair trade I must wise He wauld not be rite for me to tell. I had it oferd me for that mony. me very hard called in his pardner and they conselted together earging to let me have to drink with them. I never drink said I. They desided I told him I him. of and would I flour if groseries the by my dry good ing as they wair sweeping |
